While we’re just a few weeks away from critics groups and other branches chiming in on their favorite movies of the year, we expect they’ll be quite a bit of cross-over with the choices. Today, however, we have a trio of nominations that highlight some of the more underseen films of the year, with the European Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards and Cinema Eye’s documentary honors. Featuring some of our favorites of the year, including Starred Up, Blue is the Warmest Color, Leviathan, Stories We Tell, The Act of Killing and more, check out the full list of nominations below
British Independent Film Awards 2013 Nominations
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Metro Manila
Philomena
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up
Le Week-End
BEST DIRECTOR
Jon S Baird – Filth
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Sean Ellis – Metro Manila
Jonathan Glazer – Under The Skin
David Mackenzie – Starred Up
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Charlie Cattrall – Titus
Tina Gharavi – I Am Nasrine
Jeremy Lovering – In Fear
Omid Nooshin – Last Passenger
Paul Wright – For Those In Peril
BEST SCREENPLAY
Jonathan Asser – Starred Up
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Steven Knight – Locke
Hanif Kureishi – Le Week-End
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena
BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – Le Week-End
Scarlett Johansson – Under The Skin
Felicity Jones – The Invisible Woman
Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now
BEST ACTOR
Jim Broadbent – Le Week-End
Steve Coogan – Philomena
Tom Hardy – Locke
Jack O’Connell – Starred Up
James McAvoy – Filth
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Siobhan Finneran – The Selfish Giant
Shirley Henderson – Filth
Imogen Poots – The Look Of Love
Kristin Scott Thomas – The Invisible Woman
Mia Wasikowska – The Double
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Arcilla – Metro Manila
Rupert Friend – Starred Up
Jeff Goldblum – Le Week-End
Eddie Marsan – Filth
Ben Mendelsohn – Starred Up
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Harley Bird – How I Live Now
Conner Chapman/Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant
Caity Lotz – The Machine
Jake Macapagal – Metro Manila
Chloe Pirrie – Shell
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
A Field In England
Filth
Metro Manila
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Shaheen Baig – Casting – Starred Up
Johnnie Burn – Sound Design – Under The Skin
Amy Hubbard – Casting – The Selfish Giant
Mica Levi – Music – Under The Skin
Justine Wright – Editing – Locke
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
The Moo Man
The Spirit of ’45
The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone
BEST BRITISH SHORT
L’Assenza
Dr Easy
Dylan’s Room
Jonah
Z1
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
Blue Is The Warmest Color
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
The Great Beauty
Wadjda
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Everyone’s Going To Die
The Machine
The Patrol
Sleeping Dogs
Titus
European Film Awards 2013 Nominations
EUROPEAN FILM 2013
The Best Offer
Italy, dir: Giuseppe Tornatore
Blancanieves
Spain/France, dir: Pablo Berger
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgium, dir: Felix van Groeningen
The Great Beauty
Italy/France, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
Oh Boy!
Germany, dir: Jan Ole Gerster
Blue Is The Warmest Color
France, dir: Adellatif Kechiche
EUROPEAN COMEDY 2013
I’m So Excited!
Spain, dir: Pedro Almodóvar
Welcome Mr President!
Italy, dir: Riccardo Milani
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, dir: Susanne Bier
The Priest’s Children
Croatia/Serbia, dir: Vinko Brešan
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2013
Pablo Berger for Blancanieves
Felix van Groeningen for The Broken Circle Breakdown
Abdellatif Kechiche for Blue Is The Warmest Color
François Ozon for In The House
Paolo Sorrentino for The Great Beauty
Giuseppe Tornatore for The Best Offer
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2013
Keira Knightley in Anna Karenina
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
Barbara Sukowa in Hannah Arendt
Naomi Watts in The Impossible
Luminita Gheorghiu in Child’s Pose
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2013
Jude Law in Anna Karenina
Johan Heldenbergh in The Broken Circle Breakdown
Fabrice Luchini in In The House
Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty
Tom Schilling in Oh Boy!
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2013
Tom Stoppard for Anna Karenina
Giuseppe Tornatore for The Best Offer
Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen for The Broken Circle Breakdown
François Ozon for In The House
Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello for The Great Beauty
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – FIPRESCI
Call Girl, dir: Mikael Marcimain
Eat Sleep Die, dir: Gabriela Pichler
Miele, dir: Valeria Golino
Oh Boy!, dir: Jan Ole Gerster
The Plague, dir: Neus Ballus
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
The Act Of Killing, dir: Joshua Oppenheimer
The Missing Image, dir: Rithy Panh
Stop-Over, dir: Kaveh Bakhtiari
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY ANIMATED FEATURE
The Congress, dir: Ari Folman
Jasmine, dir: Alain Ughetto
Pinocchio, dir: Enzo d’Aio
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Butter Lamp, dir: Hu Wei
Cut, dirs: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Muller
Death Of A Shadow, dir: Tom Van Avermaet
Houses With Small Windows, dir: Bulent Ozturk
Jump, dirs: Peter Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Letter, dir: Sergei Loznitsa
Morning, dir: Cathy Brady
Mystery, dir: Chema Garcia Ibarra
Nuclear Waste, dir: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Orbit Ever After, dir: Jamie Stone
A Story For The Modlins, dir: Sergio Oksman
Sunday 3, dir: Jochen Kuhn
Though I Know The River Is Dry, dir: Omar Robert Hamilton
The Waves, dir: Miguel Fonseca
Zima, dir: Cristina Picchi
Cinema Eye Documentary 2014 Nominations
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing – Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
After Tiller – Produced by: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Cutie and the Boxer – Directed by Zachary Heinzerling
Leviathan – Directed by: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
Stories We Tell – Directed by Sarah Polley
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
The Act of Killing – Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
After Tiller – Directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
First Cousin Once Removed – Directed by Alan Berliner
Leviathan – Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear – Directed by Tinatin Gurchiani
Stories We Tell – Directed by Sarah Polley
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
The Act of Killing – Edited by Janus Billeskov Jansen
First Cousin Once Removed – Edited by Alan Berliner
Let the Fire Burn – Edited by Nels Bangerter
Leviathan – Edited by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
Our Nixon – Edited by Francisco Bello
Outstanding Achievement in Production
The Act of Killing – Signe Byrge Sørensen
After Tiller – Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Dirty Wars – Anthony Arnove, Brenda Coughlin and Jeremy Scahill
Expedition to the End of the World – Michael Haslund-Christensen
The Square – Karim Amer
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
12 O’Clock Boys – Cinematography by Lotfy Nathan
Cutie and the Boxer – Cinematography by Zachary Heinzerling
Dirty Wars – Cinematography by Richard Rowley
Elena – Cinematography by Janice D’avila, Will Etchebehere and Miguel Vassy
Expedition to the End of the World – Cinematography by Martin Munch
Leviathan – Cinematography by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
The Crash Reel – Directed by Lucy Walker For HBO Documentary Films
Gideon’s Army – Directed by Dawn Porter For HBO Documentary Films
Homegoings – Directed by Christine Turner For PBS/POV
Inventing David Geffen – Directed by Susan Lacy For PBS/American Masters
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God – Directed by Alex Gibney For HBO Documentary Films
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington – Directed by Sebastian Junger for HBO Documentary Films
Audience Choice Prize
20 Feet From Stardom – Directed by Morgan Neville
The Act of Killing – Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Blackfish – Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
The Crash Reel – Directed by Lucy Walker
Cutie and the Boxer – Directed by Zachary Heinzerling
Muscle Shoals – Directed by Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier
Rafea: Solar Mama – Directed by Mona Eldaief & Jehane Noujaim
Sound City – Directed by Dave Grohl
The Square – Directed by Jehane Noujaim
Stories We Tell – Directed by Sarah Polley
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
12 O’Clock Boys – Directed by Lotfy Nathan
After Tiller – Directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Cutie and the Boxer – Directed by Zachary Heinzerling
Let the Fire Burn – Directed by Jason Osder
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear – Directed by Tinatin Gurchiani
Sofia’s Last Ambulance – Directed by Ilian Metev
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
A Band Called Death – Score by Sam Retzer & Tim Boland
Blackfish – Score by Jeff Beal
Cutie and the Boxer – Score by Yasuaki Shimizu
Expedition to the End of the World – Score by Mads Heldtberg
Narco Cultura – Score by Jeremy Turner
Teenage – Score by Bradford Cox
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Cutie and the Boxer – Graphics by Art Jail
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough – Graphics by Rick Cikowski & Brandon Dumlao
The Fruit Hunters – Graphics by Brandon Blommaert & Fred Casia
Inequality for All – Graphics by Brian Oakes
Maidentrip – Graphics by Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits & Daniel Chester
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks – Graphics by Maryanne Butler & Marc Smith
Spotlight Award
Bending Steel – Directed by Dave Carroll
Fuck for Forest – Directed by Michal Marczak
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction – Directed by Sophie Huber
The Last Station – Directed by Cristian Soto and Catalina Vergara
The Search for Emak Bakia – Directed by Oskar Algeria
Valentine Road – Directed by Marta Cunningham
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
Da Vinci – Directed by Yuri Ancarani
Death of a Prisoner – Directoed by Laura Poitras
Outlawed in Pakistan – Directed by Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann
Reindeer – Directored by Eva Weber
SLOMO – Directed by Josh Izenberg
A Story for the Modlins – Directed by Sergio Oksman
European Film Awards take place on December 7th, while BIFA is the next day and Cinema Eye‘s ceremony is in early 2014.
What films are you glad got recognized? Any snubs?